In 2014, the European Commission, a legislative body within the EU that has the powers to regulate the economy within the EU, commissioned a report from Dutch company Ecorys, ordering it to investigate the claims that unauthorised online consumption of copyrighted materials such as movies, books, videogames, and music, were displacing the sales of these products, thereby effectively resulting in a loss of revenue for companies who complained that their works were being pirated.

It’s long been the excuse used to promote the use of DRM in its various forms – some invasive, some downright draconian – and a lot of companies cite piracy studies into how much stuff gets pirated on the internet (sorry, Ubisoft, I’m not forgetting that one), and claim that piracy costs them a sale to those consumers. According to the study, which was buried until someone got the EC to unearth it, that’s not entirely the case. The lines are significantly more blurred than previously thought.

Call of Duty may not have been the first World War II FPS title, but it certainly was one of the most popular. Although the franchise has since explored other theatres like Vietnam, modern warfare, and outer space, the upcoming Call of Duty: World War II is living up to its name and returning to its roots. An open beta is landing soon for PC, and developer Sledgehammer Games have revealed some updates and details about it.

After eleven months of negotiations, the video game voice actors union strike may finally be at its end, with the Screen Actors’ Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and unionised voice actors reaching a tentative agreement regarding bonuses, work-related protections, and so on.

If you’re interested in picking up some racing games this year for the PC platform, one of those needs to be Forza Motorsport 7. Turn 10 has spent a lot of time honing their engine for DirectX 12 and the Xbox One X hardware, and it’s one of the most visually impressive racing games to come out this year.

Ubisoft has announced that, after countless delays, South Park: The Fractured But Whole is finished and off to the printers. To celebrate this final milestone before launch day, they’ve released a new trailer which takes aim at rapper Kanye West because why not.

Greetings NAGijijis, and thanks for coming back for This Week In Gaming. In the news this week we have Team Meat being a tease, Xbox talking cross-platform-play, Blizzard going all-out on e-sports, PUBG devs talking single-player and rip-offs and up close and personal with DOOM on Switch. All that, some more news, videos and highlights from the week, after the jump.

Yes, new games show up on the App Store all the time without even a cursory mention from the gaming press, but The Witness is lovely. And it’s (relatively) cheap. It’s out now on iDevices – a neat five years since we first saw evidence of Jonathan Blow’s puzzle-exploration masterpiece running on an iPad.

It goes without saying that, for most people, the Nokia brand evokes memories of unboxing their very first phone. The Nokia 3310 review sample landing on my desk proved this, as I immediately began reminiscing on all the hours I spent playing Snake.

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